Traffic Lights? -or- Raffle Tickets?

Still looking for that virtually fail-proof Behaviour Reward Scheme. Which do you use: individual points, table points, raffle tickets, traffic light chart or the archaic behaviour card? Yes, we all know that different strategies work for different children in relation to their work and behaviour, but what works overall as a class strategy? Do you think certain strategies work best for certain age groups? - or certain abiities? - or even certain types of schools? I personally feel that TOUGH LOVE is long lost and needs to return swiftly in order to deal with some current styles of classroom behaviour management - Yep! That's right, don't let Johnny go on the school journey if he's got himself into double deep poop trouble and again after the 15th warning Johnny's long gone, off the Richter scale for all behaviour charts - Namely, the traffic light system . . . . . . 'and why is Johnny still going out to play in fact?' . . . 'What example are you setting for his future expectation of societal norms - NONE! - ' - 'Brace yourself and toughen up, for Pete's sake!' - (only joking - You've been PUNKED!!! he-he) I would also love to know what teachers do initially to calm the class. Is it: shake/tap the tambourine (Oh! these hippee days!) or do you clap a tune, expecting the little blighters to follow suit? - How much time do you have in a day? Yep!-Oh Yep :) 'Anyway, there's planning to do .....'